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VE-1.Life of St.Innocent
VE-2.Orthodoxy in Alaska
VE-3.Pilgrimage to Holy Russia
VE-4.Kursk-Korennaya Icon
VE-5.Russia:Beautiful&Faithful
VE-6.Protection of Grace
VE-7.Trinity-Sergius Lavra
VE-8.History of Moscow
VE-9.St. Petersburg, Tour
VE-10.HowToMakePrayerRope
VE-11.HowToMakeProsfora
VE-12.Dormition Monastery
VE-13.Orthodoxy Sunday
VE-14.ChurchInYugoslavia
VE-15.ChurchInRomania
VE-16.Ascent to Heaven
VE-17.What is Proskomedia?
VE-18.GrandDuchessSt.Elizabeth
VE-19.Christ Savior Cathedral
VE-20.AndreiRublevMuseum
VE-21.SpeculationInPaint
VE-22.AncientRussianIcons
VE-23.OrthodoxSt.Pete
VE-24.PskovMonastery
VE-25.OyatskayaMonastery
VE-26.St.Xenia/Smolensk
VE-27-31.Consec.Bp.Irineu
  

 

 

I. VIDEOS in English

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SPECIAL  SALE: $10 OR $5 OFF
ON 12 SELECT VIDEOS, FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY.

8 OF THE SALE VIDEOS ARE "VIDEOS IN ENGLISH"

 

(SEE "WHAT'S NEW?" FOR THE LIST OF ALL OUR SALE ITEMS)

 
VIDEOS IN ENGLISH ON SALE:
 
VE-4.  KURSK-KORENNAYA ICON FEAST-DAY CELEBRATION (1 hr.)
REGULAR PRICE: $29.95; SALE PRICE: $24.95   SAVE $5!
 
VE-6. Under the Protection of Grace:
         The History of the Orthodox Church in Russia  (2 hrs.)
REGULAR PRICE: $34.95;  SALE PRICE: $24.95   SAVE $10!
 
VE-7. Trinity-Sergius Lavra Monastery   (1 hr.)
REGULAR PRICE: $29.95;  SALE PRICE: $24.95   SAVE $5!
 
  • VE-12.  HOLY DORMITION MONASTERY FEAST DAY PILGRIMAGE (2 hrs.)
  • Rives Junction, Michigan, USA, August 15, 1993; With His Grace, Bishop NATHANIEL.
  • REGULAR PRICE: $24.95     SALE PRICE: 19.95    SAVE $5!
     
    NEW: VE-27. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU:
               HIERARCHAL DIVINE LITURGY with Metropolitan HERMAN presiding
    4 hours, 2-video set    
    REG. PRICE: $44.95  SALE: $39.95    SAVE $10!
     
    NEW: VE-28. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU: HIERARCHAL VESPERS AND RECEPTION
    2 hours, 1 video    
    REG. PRICE: $24.95  SALE: $19.95
      SAVE $5!
     
    NEW: VE-29. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU: BANQUET
    2 hours, 1 video
    REGULAR PRICE: $19.95  SALE: $14.95    SAVE $5!
     
    NEW: VE-30. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU: COMPLETE SET OF ABOVE 4 VIDEOS
    TIME: 8 hours, 4-video set 
    REGULAR PRICE: $89.95  SALE: $64.95
      SAVE $25!

    THE FOLLOWING GIVES A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ALL OUR 31 VIDEOS IN ENGLISH.
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    THE INAUGURAL VIDEO OF OUR SERIES
    ON THE LIVES OF ORTHODOX SAINTS!
     
    bulletVE-1. LIFE OF ST INNOCENT OF ALASKA, 2-video set
    bullet"Lives of Orthodox Saints" Video Series #1
    bulletWe guarantee you will LOVE this video set, the first in a fascinating, pioneering new series. This is FIREBIRD'S masterpiece. The video shows live footage of where our Apostle to America lived and worked. Combines exterior life events with interior life, based mostly on the saint’s own writings. Uses 4 voices as narrators, commentator, the "voice of St. Innocent," and the voices of a few other persons.  Makes the saint "come alive," and his holiness accessible. Ideal for any educational use, conferences & seminars, Lenten programs and family/personal enrichment. Belongs in every parish library.
    bullet2-video set.  TIME: 64 mins. ISBN 1-881211-56-8   PRICE: $34.95    

    bulletVE-2.  ORTHODOXY IN ALASKA:  Hierarchal Divine Liturgy in Anchorage, St. Innocent Cathedral, Anchorage, AK, June 28, 1998, with His Grace, Bishop INNOCENT; [The World of Orthodoxy in Alaska Video Series, Vol. 1] 
    bulletIn addition to providing a glimpse of Orthodoxy in Alaska, which demonstrates the continuing legacy of St. Herman and St. Innocent of Alaska, this exquisite video is perfect for anyone who cannot participate in the Divine Liturgy in person.  The way in which Bishop INNOCENT serves is overwhelming!  Superb sermon. Magnificent icons. 
    bulletTIME: 2 hrs.    ISBN 1-881211-52-5    PRICE: $24.95           

    bulletVE-3.  PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY RUSSIA, Part 1 [Pilgrimages to Holy Places Video Series, Vol. 1]. 
    bulletSee the churches and monasteries where the relics of popular saints are located, while hearing about the saints' lives.   Also includes the rebuilding of Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral and Iveron Chapel, witnesses to the resurrection of the Faith in Russia. 
    bulletTIME: 30 mins.    ISBN 1-881211-30-4    PRICE: $24.95       

    bulletVE-4.  KURSK-KORENNAYA ICON FEAST-DAY CELEBRATION, Kursk, Russia, June 18, 1993. 
    bulletShows highlights of an all-day pilgrimage in the Russian countryside, showing current rebuilding of churches and monasteries, and the vitality of the Faith in Russia today today.  Excellent educational tool.
    bulletTIME: 1 hr.  ISBN 1-881211-20-7  
    bulletREG. PRICE: $29.95  SALE PRICE: 24.95   

    bulletVE-5.  RUSSIA: BEAUTIFUL and FAITHFUL
    bulletEmphasizes the beauty of Orthodox wooden and masonry church architecture. Includes: rare footage of the newly re-opened Monastery of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk in Zadonsk; extensive interior and exterior views of a little-known, magnificent rural cathedral, built by the same architect who designed Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow; and the gorgeous Bishop's cathedral in Kursk, constructed by the parents of St. Seraphim of Sarov.  Beautiful music track. 
    bulletTIME: 43 mins.   ISBN 1-881211-51-7    PRICE: $24.95     

    bulletVE-6.  UNDER THE PROTECTION OF GRACE: The 1,000 History of the Orthodox Church in Russia
    bulletA broad and well-crafted history of Orthodoxy in Russia, in which countless aspects of the contemporary experience of the Orthodox Faith in the lives of the people is intertwined with many facets of the historical experience that continues to live today.   A Russian production.
    bulletTIME: 2 hrs.   ISBN 1-881211-28-2    
    bullet REG. PRICE: $34.95   SALE PRICE: 24.95               

    bulletVE-7.  THE TRINITY-ST. SERGIUS LAVRA MONASTERY:
    bulletIts History and Life Today, Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk), Russia
    bulletPortrays of the founding, history, architecture, relics, holy sites and current life of the most significant and influential monastery-seminary/academy in Russia.   A Russian production.
    bulletTIME: 51 mins.    ISBN 1-881211-25-8    
    bulletREG. PRICE: $29.95   SALE PRICE: 24.95               

    bulletVE-8. MOSCOW: Pages of History
    This very well done, and most fascinating video presents the history of Moscow from the 12th through the 19th centuries in a series of eight, 10-min. programs, that were prepared for the 800th Anniversary of Moscow in 1998. 
    (English narration in this Russian production.)
    TIME: 80 mins.   1997.    PRICE: $24.95                   

    bulletVE-9. THE SPIRIT OF ST. PETERSBURG
    This is a very detailed tour of Russia’s "Venice of the North," presented in twelve, 10-min. segments, depicting major sights of the former capital. Viewing this program is an ideal way for people who have been in St. Petersburg to "recapture" their experience; for those who have not yet been so fortunate to visit this charming city, it is a great way to visit it vicariously; and it is a great way to prepare in advance, for those intending to visit this splendid city of the "white nights." 
    (English narration in this Russian production.)
    12, 10-min. programs; TOTAL TIME: 120 mins. 1998    PRICE: $24.95   

    bulletVE-10. HOW TO MAKE AN ORTHODOX PRAYER ROPE
    bulletEverything you need to know in order to make prayer ropes: materials, lengths, colors, knots, crosses, tassel; as learned at the Dormition Monastery, Rives Junction, Michigan.
    bulletTIME: 2 hrs.  ISBN 1-881211-26-6    PRICE: $19.95         

    bulletVE-11.  HOW TO MAKE ORTHODOX PROSFORA
    bulletThis is a totally new, excellently-crafted, all-digital production. The chief Prosfora-maker of Dormition Monastery (Rives Junction, Michigan) demonstrates exclusively for this instructional video all the techniques of how to make Prosfora. Both the Greek and the Russian styles are shown.  A short Proskomedia at the end shows how the Prosfora is used. This video has the blessing of the monastery's abbess, V. Rev. Mother Gabriella.
    bulletTIME: 1½ hours   ISBN 1-881211-61-4   PRICE: $19.95     

    bulletVE-12.  HOLY DORMITION MONASTERY FEAST DAY PILGRIMAGE, Rives Junction, Michigan, USA, August 15, 1993; With His Grace, Bishop NATHANIEL.
    bulletIncludes: Introduction: The Life of the Monastery (26 mins.); Vigil of the Feast & Procession with the Shroud (19 mins.); Hierarchal Divine Liturgy with Bishop NATHANIEL (77 mins.) 
    bulletTIME: 2 hrs.   ISBN 1-881211-23-1    
    bullet REG. PRICE: $24.95     SALE PRICE: 19.95                   

    bulletVE-13.  ORTHODOXY SUNDAY: Pan-Orthodox Lenten Vespers, Detroit, Michigan, 1992.
    bulletThe complete service.  With 21 priests of many ethnic jurisdictions. Includes a 5-minute introduction that concisely explains the meaning of icons and Orthodoxy Sunday. Excellent, large pan-Orthodox choir.  3-camera production. 
    bulletTIME: 1 hr.    ISBN 1-881211-00-2    PRICE: $19.95       

    bulletVE-14.  The Historical Background of the Contemporary Situation of the Orthodox Church in Yugoslavia.   A Lecture by Metropolitan CHRISTOPHER, Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North America
    bulletPresented at the last Eastern Orthodox Catechetical Conference in Detroit, Michigan, in August 1992.  A very different perspective from what the American media presents.
    bulletTIME: 2 hrs.    ISBN 1-881211-06-1    PRICE: $14.95       

    bulletVE-15.  The Mission and Challenges of the Orthodox Church - in Romania and America, Past and Present. A Lecture by Bishop NATHANIEL, Head of the OCA Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America
    bulletPresented at the last Eastern Orthodox Catechetical Conference in Detroit, Michigan, in August 1992.  
    bulletTIME: 2 hrs.    ISBN 1-881211-05-3    PRICE: $14.95        

    bulletNEW: VE-16.  ASCENT TO HEAVEN: A Pilgrimage to the Bethlehem Cave in the Georgian Caucasus
    bulletEncounter the vitality of Georgian Orthodoxy in this excellently-crafted program that chronicles the breathtaking ascent to the Bethlehem Cave at the top of Mt. Kazbek in the Caucasus Mountains in the Republic of Georgia. Led by the affable and charismatic Bishop Nicoloz of Bodbe, this pilgrimage of men and women to the highest known Orthodox church in the world was organized to celebrate the 2000th anniversary of Christ's Nativity. Includes beautiful mountain scenery of Georgia, excerpts of the Divine Liturgy served on top of the world, and Bishop Nocoloz (speaking in excellent English) about different aspects of the mountain-climbing pilgrimage. Professionally videotaped and produced by Americans. 
    bulletTIME:  30 mins.   2000    PRICE:   $16.95                            

    N.B. Our 2004 catalog lists  this video as "discontinued." In May 2004 we were able to obtain more copies from the producer, and so it is no longer discontinued.

    bulletNEW: VE-17. WHAT IS THE PROSKOMEDIA?
    bulletBriefly explains what the Proskomedia (pros-ko-meed-dee-ya) is, and then shows a complete Proskomedia. The Proskomedia is the Liturgy of Oblation, or Preparation of the Bread (Prosfora) and wine, that is done at the beginning of every Divine Liturgy, prior to the public part of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, and is done in the Sanctuary. Therefore very few people have ever seen a Proskomedia. This video enables people to see this beautiful and meaningful part of the Divine Liturgy. It is excerpted from the end of our HOW TO MAKE ORTHODOX PROSFORA video, for convenience of use. It  is ideal for parish educational and Lenten programs, and fills a very important educational need.
    bulletTIME:  25 mins.  2002   ISBN 1-881211-91-6    PRICE: $9.95   

    bulletNEW: VE-18. ROMANOVS: Life of Grand Duchess ST. ELIZABETH Fedorovna
    bulletOur English voice-over version of the original Russian production, which has been one of our most popular videos. An account of the life and martyrdom of the sister-in-law of Tsar Nicholas II, seen through Russian eyes. Uses considerable archival photos and film footage. Very inspiring.
    bulletTIME: 1 hr.    ISBN 1-881211-82-7    PRICE: $24.95               

    bulletNEW: VE-19. The Great Church of Russia:
    bulletCHRIST THE SAVIOR CATHEDRAL, MOSCOW
    bulletIts Construction, Destruction & Reconstruction; 1813, 1931, 1997
    bulletOur English voice-over version of the original Russian production makes this excellent video accessible to all. See how the first Christ the Savior Cathedral came to be built, why and how it was destroyed, and the full process of its reconstruction to its original appearance. Many scenes of its present appearance and excerpts of the consecration of different parts of the enormous complex are shown.
    bulletTIME: 1 hr.    ISBN 1-881211-83-5    PRICE: $24.95                

    bulletNEW: VE-20.  ST. ANDREI RUBLEV MUSEUM OF ICONS
    bulletat the Savior-Andronikov Monastery, Moscow
    bullet
    English voice-over version of a Russian production.
    About the monastery's history, St. Andrei Rublev, the establishment of  the museum, and the beautiful icons in the museum's collection.
    bulletTIME: 18 mins.    ISBN 1-881211-85-1    PRICE: $14.95           

    bulletNEW: VE-21.  SPECULATION IN PAINT
    bullet
    English voice-over version of a Russian production.
    bullet
    A fascinating inquiry into good and evil, life and death, and the role that authentic icons play in revealing the purpose of life and the life-death choices we have to make.
    TIME: 20 mins    ISBN 1-881211-86-X    PRICE: $14.95                       

    bulletNEW: VE-22.  ANCIENT RUSSIAN ICONS
    bulletEnglish voice-over version of a Russian production.
    A real treasure for icon-lovers! About the meaning of icons. Features the icons in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
    TIME: 26 mins    ISBN 1-881211-92-4    PRICE: $19.95              

    bulletNEW: VE-23.  ORTHODOX ST. PETERSBURG
    bulletEnglish voice-over version of a Russian production.Depicts the interiors and exteriors of 11 of St. Petersburg's most famous churches. Includes excerpts of Divine Services.
    bulletTIME: 30 mins    ISBN 1-881211-87-8    PRICE: $19.95              

    bulletNEW: VE-24. PSKOV MEN'S MONASTERY OF THE CAVES
    bullet
    English voice-over version of a Russian production.
    Portrays the  history and current life of one of Russia's most beautiful  monasteries, which was never shut down by the Communists. Especially known for its Pskov-style bells and Fr. Zenon's iconography studio.
    bulletTIME: 20 mins    ISBN 1-881211-88-6    PRICE: $19.95              

    bulletNEW: VE-25.  ENTRANCE-OYATSKAYA WOMEN'S MONASTERY
    bullet
    English voice-over version of a Russian production.
    Portrays the  history and current life and struggles of a newly re-opened women's monastery. Features Matushka Thecla, the Abbess responsible for the re-opening of the monastery.
    bulletTIME: 30 mins    ISBN 1-881211-89-4    PRICE: $19.95               

    bulletNEW: VE-26.  ST. XENIA: HER TOMB & SMOLENSK CHURCH
    bulletat the Smolensk Orthodox Cemetery, St. Petersburg
    bulletEnglish voice-over version of a Russian production.
    bulletTIME: 10 mins    ISBN 1-881211-86-X    PRICE: $9.95                 

    bulletNEW: VE-27. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU:
               HIERARCHAL DIVINE LITURGY with Metropolitan HERMAN presiding
    A breath-takingly beautiful 3-camera all-digital professional production showing all the liturgical action at the altar for the consecration of a bishop (and deacon), and a Hierarchal Divine Liturgy concelebrated by 8 bishops, with Metropolitan Herman presiding. Shows all the action in the sanctuary that is not normally visible to the congregation.
    TIME: 4 hours, 2-video set   ISBN 1-881211-94-0   
    REG. PRICE: $44.95  SALE: $39.95                                           

    NEW: VE-28. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU: HIERARCHAL VESPERS
    A vital component of the consecration of a bishop is the Hierarchal Vespers the evening prior to the Consecration, at the end of which there is the official announcement of the election and the Calling of the Candidate to the office of bishop, and the bishop-elect's formal acceptance of the call. Includes complete footage of all the beautiful icons at the St. George Bishop's Cathedral, Southfield, MI.
    TIME: 2 hours, 1 video   ISBN 1-881211-94-0   
    REG. PRICE: $24.95  SALE: $19.95
                                     

    bulletNEW: VE-29. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU: BANQUET
    bullet
    The inspired words spoken by Metropolitan Herman and by Archbishop Nathaniel about the role and function of a bishop make this video worthwhile watching by anyone interested in better understanding what it is like to serve as a bishop.
    TIME: 2 hours, 1 video   ISBN 1-881211-95-9  
    REG. PRICE: $19.95  SALE: $14.95                                  

    NEW: VE-30. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU: COMPLETE SET OF ABOVE 4 VIDEOS
    This complete set of beautiful videos is the only professional, multi-camera video-taping of the consecration of a bishop in America. They are valuable for many educational purposes and personal enrichment.
    TIME: 8 hours, 4-video set   ISBN 1-881211-94-0   
    REG. PRICE: $89.95  SALE: $64.95                                  

    bulletNEW: VE-31. CONSECRATION OF BISHOP IRINEU: HIGHLIGHTS
    bullet
    Don't want to watch the complete consecration? Want a video to show in meetings, classes, seminars? Then this Highlights of the Consecration is for you. Meticulously edited so things are not cut off in mid-air. All the most important elements of the Friday and Saturday's Services and events are included.
    TIME:  90 minutes   ISBN 1-881211-96-7   PRICE: $24.95           

     

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